People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

No one is rich enough to do without neighbour.

History is the witness of the times, the light of truth.

There are three faithful friends; and old wife, an old dog and ready money.

Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.

Whospreads, sows; Who listens, reaps.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

Whoever is winning the race will always seem to be invincible.